Puerto Rico independence wins U N committee vote
A U N Special Committee on Colonialism voted 12 to 0 to recognize the Puerto Rican right to self determination and independence. Ten abstained as Puerto Rico was urged toward decolonization. U S officials called the move ambiguous and said no report is due until 1973.
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U.N
Puerto Rico
United
U.S
Special Committee On
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Ricardo Alaredl
United States
Caribbean
Independas Beg
Juan Mari-Bras
Mari-Bra
Zens
Washington
State Department
China
Soviet Union
Chang Yung-kuan
Unite States
United Nations
Alarcon
General Assembly
Leigh schools start Aug. 31
Leigh will begin classes for grades one through twelve on August 31 with early dismissal at 2 p.m. The elementary grades start Sept. 1 with 8:20 a.m. to 3:24 p.m. hours. Kindergarten registrations due by Sept. 1 for children five by Oct. 15.
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Leigh Community School System
W.A. Streightiff
Wired
Bonita Barth
Janet Mackey
Marth
Slanton
Wayne State College
Joyce Aden
University of Nebraska
Judith Grenier
Leach
University of Wyoming
Georgia Nelson
Carl Welander
Kansas State University
Roland Westerby
Leahy denies plans to form Democrats for Nixon group
Omaha Mayor Eugene Leahy, a registered Democrat, refuted reports he would create a Democrats for Nixon organization in Omaha. He said he has not been approached or contacted about such a group and may later endorse candidates, but has not decided which offices or individuals.
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Neb
Eugene Leahy
Japan
Leahy
Shizuoka
Omaha, Neb
Air Force ace Steve Ritchie becomes Vietnam war ace
Capt. Steve Ritchie, Air Force pilot and son of a North Carolina tobacco man, confirms his fifth MIG kill in Vietnam, making him the service's first Vietnam ace. He notes air combat as the pinnacle of his eight-year career, with nearly 3,000 flight hours and 340 combat missions.
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Saigon
Steve Ritchie
North Carolina
Air Force
Vietnam
Litchie
Thailand
Tatchi
Ned Ruehle
Reidsville
Air Fore Academy
555Th Tactical Fighter
432Nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
Ritchie
U.S
North Vietnam
Roosevelt’s New Nationalism Plan Aims for Federal Reform
In 1910 Theodore Roosevelt proposed New Nationalism urging the federal government to regulate and control corporations and conserve natural resources. He argued state governments could not effectively enact such progressive reforms for public welfare.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
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Democrats For Nixon Group
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Maryland State Park
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